Austin Police Department

FY 2016 Proposed Budget

Budget Presentations:
www.austintexas.gov/finance

August 10, 2015

Department Overview
Mission: The mission of the Police
Department is to keep you, your
family and our community safe.

FY 15
Estimate

FY 16
Projected

45.80

41.41

50.77

Violent crime rate per 1,000

population

4.06

3.70

4.96

Total police response time for

EMERGENCY and URGENT calls

7:45

7:58

7:45

Rate of traffic fatalities per 100,000

population

7.55

8.85

7.80

74

74

73

16.2

16.7

15.1

93

88

108

Key Performance Data

Property crime rate per 1,000

population

Major Accomplishments:

Austin continues to enjoy the

ranking of second safest large city
for violent crime (US cities with
population 500,000+).
Resident satisfaction with the
overall quality of police services
(74%) is higher than other US cities
of similar size (67%).
The rate at which the department
apprehends suspects in violent and
property crimes (clearance rate)
was higher in FY14 than the prior
year and 17% higher than the goal.
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Percent of residents who are satisfied

with the overall quality of police services
Percent of Part I crimes cleared

Part II crime rate per 1,000 population

FY 14
Actual

Note: measures in bold are City dashboard measures

Department Uses of Funds

Total Budgets by Program:

FY 15 Amended: $368.9 million

FY 16 Proposed: $394.0 million
250.0

($ millions)

200.0

185.2

FY 2016 Positions:
Sworn 1931.00
85.0
Civilian 705.25
22.0

196.5

150.0
100.0

50.4

50.0

64.9 70.0

50.2 54.1

54.6

18.2 18.8
0.0
Neighborhood Based
Policing

Investigations

Operations Support
FY 2015

FY 2016

Professional Standards

Support Services
Transfers/Other Reqs

35%

Community Engagement Staffing

1,000.00

30%

800.00
600.00

25%

400.00

20%
15%

200.00
FY14
FY15
FY16
FY17
Act.
Amend.
Prop.
Proj.
Community Engagement Time (Percent)

Communications Staffing
Fiscal Dispatchers/ Lead/
Year
Call Takers Supervisors
2015
15
2
2016
15
2
2017
6
0
4

1,200.00

Support
Staff
4
2
8

FY18
FY19
FY20
Proj.
Proj.
Proj.
Sworn Staffing (Positions) *

0.00

Sworn Staffing for Community

Engagement (Positions) *

Community Engagement Time

(Percent)

Staffing Models

* The number of sworn positions required to bring

Community Engagement Time to 30% by FY19 has
been averaged over the forecast period (FY16 FY 20).
The projections in the table reflect 68 officers, 7
corporals, and 7 sergeants added each year during this
transition period.

Budget Highlights
Description

Amount

82 new sworn positions to increase proactive

community engagement time (partial funding)

$6.6 million

Annualized cost of FY 2015 officers

$1.9 million

3 new sworn positions for property crimes and

PAL/Explorer programs (9 months of funding)

$0.4 million

19 new civilian positions for Emergency

Communications (9 months of funding)

$1.1 million

2 new civilian positions for records management (9

months of funding)

$0.1 million

Transfer of 1 civilian position from the Building

Services Department for special events

$0.1 million

Capital Highlights
FY 2016 Appropriation $0.0 million
FY 2016 Spending Plan $1.6 million

Mounted Patrol Facility (Architect/Design Phase)

Design and construct a facility for the Mounted
Patrol Unit to be used for housing, exercising,
and training the horses.

Park Patrol/Joint Use Facility (Architect/Design

Phase)
APD Park Patrol and PARD Park Rangers will
jointly utilize the facility to provide policing
services in the central parks corridor.

Northwest Police Substation

Site Acquisition underway for Northwest Austin
Police substation.
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For More Information

Media
Inquiries
Anna
Sabana
974-5335

Assistant
Director
Alice
Thomas
974-5069

Chief of
Staff
Brian
Manley
974-5030

Chief
Art
Acevedo
974-5030

www.austintexas.gov/finance